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The Inspector General

1949
Directed byHenry Koster
1h 41m

An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

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Danny KayeGeorgiWalter SlezakYakovBarbara BatesLeza
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Elsa LanchesterMaria
Gene LockhartThe Mayor
Alan HaleKovatch
Walter CatlettColonel Castine
Rhys WilliamsInspector General
Benny BakerTelecki (uncredited)
Leonard BremenLieutenant (uncredited)
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GENRES
ComedyMusicRomance
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Warner Bros. PicturesFirst National Pictures
RATING
6.6

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